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Tag Archives: Van Tran
Jury hung in Tan Nguyen’s case
The jury deadlocked in the trial of former Congressional candidate Tan Nguyen, and the judge declared a mistrial, reports the OC Register’s Martin Wisckol here. Nguyen is accused of lying to investigators and getting a campaign worker to take the blame … Continue reading
Posted in crime, elections, political
Tagged election 2010, Tan Nguyen, Van Thai Tran, Van Tran, Viet accused
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Van Tran says Prop 8 judge “openly gay”
In a paragraph written in Vietnamese but not present in his English-language press release, Assemblyman Van Tran accuses the judge in the Proposition 8 case – a Republican appointee - of being an openly gay man who made his ruling because … Continue reading
Janet Nguyen feeds Van Tran
Trannies of the world, rejoice. You will not go hungry. There’s always Janet. On Sunday, when half of Little Saigon was watching the final game of World Cup soccer somewhere, OC Supervisor Janet Nguyen served penne pasta to people who … Continue reading
‘Vietnamese bounce’ in primaries lifts candidates
As has been shown in several elections in a row, a disproportionate portion of Vietnamese-American voters voting for Vietnamese-American candidates cast their votes by mail, and do it near the last day. This phenomenon has many times resulted in Viet … Continue reading
Posted in elections
Tagged election 2010, Joseph Dovinh, Phu Nguyen, Van Thai Tran, Van Tran
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Viet election round-up
The primary elections in California yesterday produced results that were as predicted. However, many outcomes had unexpected shades, foreshadowing a not-so-normal general elections for the Fall. Van Tran, Phu Nguyen won, Madison Nguyen heads into the runoff the leader, and … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & courts, elections
Tagged election 2010, Joseph Dovinh, Phu Nguyen, Van Thai Tran, Van Tran
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Janet Nguyen’s chief of staff quits
The man credited with keeping Supervisor Janet Nguyen‘s office running while political skirmishes are fought left and right has announced he’s leaving, according to Voice of OC here. Chief of Staff Andrew Do, who’s also a City Councilman of Garden … Continue reading
Posted in political
Tagged Andrew Do, County of Orange, Janet Nguyen, OC supervisor, Van Thai Tran, Van Tran
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Quang Pham endorses Van Tran
With less than three weeks until the primary election, former candidate Quang Pham on Thursday endorsed the man he used to run against, Assemblyman Van Tran, according to a press release from the latter’s campaign. Tran is in a three-way … Continue reading
Van Tran: “Jail Tan Nguyen” sticker was thrust on me
Responding to the photo to the right, originally posted on the Orange Juice here, Assemblyman Van Tran yesterday sent out a press release disclaiming the “Jail Tan Nguyen” he was holding. The picture, taken at a Tea Party event, shows Tran … Continue reading
